Buckle



UNITED STATES PATEN T OFFICE.

GEO. R. KELISEY, OF MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT.

BUCKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 7,025, dated January 15, 1850.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE R. KELsEY, of Middletown, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in the Making of Buckles; and I hereby declare that thefollowing is a full and exact description thereof.

I refer to the annexed drawing as a part of this my specification.

My method consists in making buckles entire from sheet metal of any kindsuitable for making buckles. I first cutI the metal into blocks of anysize and shape that may be required, and then, with proper dies andpunches, make the openings A, B, C, forming one or more teeth asrepresented in the drawing. I then put the buckle into a drop or pressand draw the teeth downward, or the bow D, upward, or both at the sameoperation, as may be convenient, whereby the teeth are made to lap overthe bow and a spring is given to the buckle. In this mode, buckles ofall kinds and forms may be made; and the advantages of the saine overthe ordinary buckle, are, 1. A great saving of meta-l; 2. A saving oftime and labor in the construction of the buckle; 3. The separation ofthe different parts, to which the common buckle is liable, is avoided.

What I claim as my Improvement and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The Inode of making buckles entire from a single piece of sheet metal asabove described; the buckle opening and shutting by means of the springgiven to it in the construction thereof as aforesaid.

Middletown, Conn., Decr. th, 1849.

GEORGE R. KELSEY.

In presence of JONATHAN BARNES, NATHANIEL BUswELL.

